Personally, I love having a reason to go back to a zone that I thought I
knew with my eyes closed only to discover it has changed dramatically. It
adds an excitement back to the game that I haven't experienced since I tried
to take my level 5 wizard from Qeynos to Freeport in the first couple of
weeks in the life of Prexus.
Taneran
lvl 21 Bard [Prexus]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kyle Q [mailto:kyleq@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 2:00 PM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [eqbards] Re: Undead drops in Kithicor
>
>
> I think this post is dead on. I gave up my lvl 33 Magician to
> play my lvl 20
> Bard again for one reason. Bards are safe. Outdoors there is
> almost nothing
> that can touch me. The world is open and free for discovery.
> There is a lot
> to be said for being the fastest thing in Norrath, and good plate armor =)
>
> Dank McGillicuty
> lvl 20 Bard
> Bristlebane
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kimes, Dean W. <Dean_Kimes@...>
> To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 2:49 PM
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Re: Undead drops in Kithicor
>
>
> >
> > There are a lot of points to this discussion. Many people want
> a dynamic
> > game with more 'real' feel to it. The undead invasion definitely
> accomplish
> > both those goals.
> > I'd even like to see a war over the commonlands where dark elf and
> freeport
> > soldiers of various levels started spawning and fighting both each other
> and
> > the players in the area. Very realistic, a pain if you want to travel
> > freely but so what that's the way it would be if this were real.
> >
> > Q Hills may be a newbie zone but Kithicor really isn't. Most of the
> people
> > who hunt in Kithicor (never more than 12 at a time on E'ci before now)
> hunt
> > the orcs along the west wall and are levels 15-20. The ranger
> guild there
> > is new and besieged already according to the storyline so even that part
> > makes sense. All the ghoul messenger stuff was a foreshadowing of this
> > eventuality so it should not have been much of a surprise that something
> was
> > going to happen in Kithicor.
> >
> > Why of all people would bards complain about this? I can tell from
> comments
> > on this list that I may not be a master tactician or combat fighter, but
> > apparently I am a master traveler. I found Kithicor exciting
> in the heart
> > of the event with red undead all around. I did corpse recoveries for
> plays
> > twice my level who were going to wait for daylight until I
> showed them how
> > easily I could run thru and avoid getting hurt. I even helped out in a
> > meager way with a few battles and healing people up in between battles.
> >
> > It would take extremely bad luck or carelessness for a bard over 15th
> level
> > to die in Kithicor even with the undead out and about. I ran thru about
> 20
> > times dodging undead and never took more than a bubble of damage at a
> time.
> > Yes, I had to keep my eyes open and be really careful, but
> tension is fun!
> > Once a zombie commander spawned right beside me, I just hit the Incoming
> to
> > Rivervale button and kept on motoring along. The reception committee at
> > Rivervale made short work of the commander. If they couldn't have they
> > would have zoned and so would I, no big deal.
> >
> > I think events like this are good for the game. They create an
> atmosphere
> > of excitement and menace. They make the game feel real. Most
> importantly
> > of all they give Bards a chance to shine as we can usually deal with
> events
> > like this long before other classes can and provide actual meaningful
> > support to people far beyond our experience.
> >
> > Pick up your tents, put out your campfires, and go out there and
> experience
> > the world! It's an exciting dangerous place, full of adventure.
> >
> > Kitasi
> >
>
> > Please send submissions for the eqbards newsletter to
> toren@... with the subject lol.
>